President and Prime Minister of Poland

The ECR’s candidate, former MEP Andrzej Duda was elected President of the Republic of Poland. A few weeks later, the Law and Justice Party was victorious in the General Election, winning the first outright majority in Poland’s post-Communist history. Beata Szydło was sworn in as Prime Minister, making her the ECR’s second PM and the PiS party the fifth ECR party in government.